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Lana-Peixoto MA, Talim NC, Callegaro D, Marques VD, Damasceno A, Becker J, Gonçalves MVM, Sato H. Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders with a benign course. Analysis of 544 patients. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2023; 75:104730. [PMID: 37156036 DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2023.104730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 04/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) most commonly cause severe disability which is related to disease attacks. However, some patients retain good neurological function for a long time after disease onset. OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency, demographic and the clinical features of good outcome NMOSD, and analyze their predictive factors. METHODS We selected patients who met the 2015 International Panel for NMOSD diagnostic criteria from seven MS Centers. Assessed data included age at disease onset, sex, race, number of attacks within the first and three years from onset, annualized relapsing rate (ARR), total number of attacks, aquaporin-IgG serum status, presence of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-specific oligoclonal bands (OCB) and the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score at the last follow-up visit. NMOSD was classified as non-benign if patients developed sustained EDSS score >3.0 during the disease course, or benign if patients had EDSS score ≤3.0 after ≥15 years from disease onset. Patients with EDSS <3.0 and disease duration shorter than 15 years were not qualified for classification. We compared the demographic and clinical characteristics of benign and non-benign NMOSD. Logistic regression analysis identified predictive factors of outcome. RESULTS There were 16 patients with benign NMOSD (3% of the entire cohort; 4.2% of those qualified for classification; and 4.1% of those who tested positive for aquaporin 4-IgG), and 362 (67.7%) with non-benign NMOSD, whereas 157 (29.3%) did not qualify for classification. All patients with benign NMOSD were female, 75% were Caucasian, 75% tested positive for AQP4-IgG, and 28.6% had CSF-specific OCB. Regression analysis showed that female sex, pediatric onset, and optic neuritis, area postrema syndrome, and brainstem symptoms at disease onset, as well as fewer relapses in the first year and three years from onset, and CSF-specific OCB were more commonly found in benign NMOSD, but the difference did not reach statistical significance. Conversely, non-Caucasian race (OR: 0.29, 95% CI: 0.07-0.99; p = 0.038), myelitis at disease presentation (OR: 0.07, 95% CI: 0.01-0.52; p <0.001), and high ARR (OR: 0.07, 95% CI: 0.01-0.67; p = 0.011) were negative risk factors for benign NMOSD. CONCLUSION Benign NMOSD is very rare and occurs more frequently in Caucasians, patients with low ARR, and those who do not have myelitis at disease onset.
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- Federal University of Minas Gerais Medical School, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Neurological Institute of Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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Newton BD, Kantarci O, Okuda DT. Atypical Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder With Diffuse Cerebral Abnormalities: A Case Report. J Cent Nerv Syst Dis 2020; 12:1179573520973819. [PMID: 33281464 PMCID: PMC7691897 DOI: 10.1177/1179573520973819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The recent expansion of the radiological criteria and the use of a highly specific biomarker, anti-aquaporin 4-IgG (AQP4 IgG), has significantly improved the ability of clinicians to provide a timely and accurate diagnosis for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), especially when faced with an abnormal disease presentation. Here, we report on the 5-year clinical experience of a 69-year-old right-handed African American woman who initially presented following symptoms suggestive of transient global amnesia. Her clinical history was only remarkable for a single episode of visual decline with poor recovery experienced 35 years prior, with prior unrevealing serological investigations. Brain MRI features were significant for diffuse, bilateral white matter abnormalities throughout the supratentorial, deep gray matter, and infratentorial regions. Spinal cord imaging studies were within normal limits with no intramedullary high-signal abnormalities identified. Serological studies were significant for the presence of anti-aquaporin 4-IgG. The clinical features were supportive of the diagnosis of NMOSD. The data provided here highlight both the clinical and radiological heterogeneity of NMOSD.
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Multiple Sclerosis & Neuroimmunology Imaging Program, Clinical Center for Multiple Sclerosis, Department of Neurology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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Features of anti-aquaporin 4 antibody-seropositive Chinese patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum optic neuritis. J Neurol 2015; 262:2293-304. [DOI: 10.1007/s00415-015-7844-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2015] [Revised: 07/01/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Masaki K, Suzuki SO, Matsushita T, Matsuoka T, Imamura S, Yamasaki R, Suzuki M, Suenaga T, Iwaki T, Kira JI. Connexin 43 astrocytopathy linked to rapidly progressive multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica. PLoS One 2013; 8:e72919. [PMID: 23991165 PMCID: PMC3749992 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2013] [Accepted: 07/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica (NMO) occasionally have an extremely aggressive and debilitating disease course; however, its molecular basis is unknown. This study aimed to determine a relationship between connexin (Cx) pathology and disease aggressiveness in Asian patients with MS and NMO. METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Samples included 11 autopsied cases with NMO and NMO spectrum disorder (NMOSD), six with MS, and 20 with other neurological diseases (OND). Methods of analysis included immunohistochemical expression of astrocytic Cx43/Cx30, oligodendrocytic Cx47/Cx32 relative to AQP4 and other astrocytic and oligodendrocytic proteins, extent of demyelination, the vasculocentric deposition of complement and immunoglobulin, and lesion staging by CD68 staining for macrophages. Lesions were classified as actively demyelinating (n=59), chronic active (n=58) and chronic inactive (n=23). Sera from 120 subjects including 30 MS, 30 NMO, 40 OND and 20 healthy controls were examined for anti-Cx43 antibody by cell-based assay. Six NMO/NMOSD and three MS cases showed preferential loss of astrocytic Cx43 beyond the demyelinated areas in actively demyelinating and chronic active lesions, where heterotypic Cx43/Cx47 astrocyte oligodendrocyte gap junctions were extensively lost. Cx43 loss was significantly associated with a rapidly progressive disease course as six of nine cases with Cx43 loss, but none of eight cases without Cx43 loss regardless of disease phenotype, died within two years after disease onset (66.7% vs. 0%, P=0.0090). Overall, five of nine cases with Cx43 loss and none of eight cases without Cx43 loss had distal oligodendrogliopathy characterized by selective myelin associated glycoprotein loss (55.6% vs. 0.0%, P=0.0296). Loss of oligodendrocytic Cx32 and Cx47 expression was observed in most active and chronic lesions from all MS and NMO/NMOSD cases. Cx43-specific antibodies were absent in NMO/NMOSD and MS patients. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that autoantibody-independent astrocytic Cx43 loss may relate to disease aggressiveness and distal oligodendrogliopathy in both MS and NMO.
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- Katsuhisa Masaki
- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neurological Therapeutics, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Isobe N, Yonekawa T, Matsushita T, Masaki K, Yoshimura S, Fichna J, Chen S, Furmaniak J, Smith BR, Kira JI. Clinical relevance of serum aquaporin-4 antibody levels in neuromyelitis optica. Neurochem Res 2013; 38:997-1001. [PMID: 23456674 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-013-1009-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Revised: 01/12/2013] [Accepted: 02/20/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory disease that selectively affects the optic nerves and spinal cord. The discovery of NMO-IgG targeting aquaporin-4 (AQP4) in NMO patients suggested that NMO is a distinct entity, with a fundamentally different etiology from that of multiple sclerosis (MS). Although NMO usually leads to grave disability because of the more severe tissue destruction compared with classical MS, there have been several reports describing a benign form of NMO over a long disease term. NMO-IgG/AQP4 antibodies show high specificity but medium sensitivity for NMO, while the clinical relevance of AQP4 antibody titers remains to be determined. We aimed to clarify the clinical relevance of AQP4 antibody levels determined by a bridging enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 38 patients with NMO or NMO spectrum disorder. The AQP4 antibody levels were higher in patients with optic neuritis (ON) than in those without ON (p = 0.0164). Among the 12 patients examined in a longitudinal study, four showed an increase in the ELISA values during some relapses, and eight showed no clear correlation between the ELISA values and relapse. Of the four patients who demonstrated a steady rise in the antibody levels over time, two patients had no concomitant relapses, despite elevation of the AQP4 antibody levels. We conclude that high AQP4 antibody levels are associated with the occurrence of ON, but that the antibody levels themselves are not closely correlated with the onset of relapse.
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- Noriko Isobe
- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Isobe N, Yonekawa T, Matsushita T, Kawano Y, Masaki K, Yoshimura S, Fichna J, Chen S, Furmaniak J, Smith BR, Kira JI. Quantitative assays for anti-aquaporin-4 antibody with subclass analysis in neuromyelitis optica. Mult Scler 2012; 18:1541-51. [PMID: 22526930 DOI: 10.1177/1352458512443917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND To clarify the clinical relevance of anti-aquaporin-4 (anti-AQP4) antibody titers and immunoglobulin (IgG) subclass. METHODS Using a bridging enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), a flow cytometric assay (FCMA) and an immunofluorescence assay (IFA) for anti-AQP4 antibodies, sera from 142 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) as defined by the McDonald criteria (2005), 29 with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) who fulfilled the 1999 criteria, 19 with recurrent and/or longitudinally extensive myelitis (RM/LM), 86 with other non-inflammatory neurological diseases (OND) and 28 healthy controls (HC) were studied. RESULTS Anti-AQP4 antibody positivity rates by IFA, FCMA, and ELISA were 41.4%, 51.7% and 48.3%, respectively, in NMO (1999) patients, and 0% in the OND and HC groups. Twenty-six MS patients (18.3%) were positive for the antibody; 17 met the 2006 NMO criteria, including positivity for anti-AQP4 antibody, and five had longitudinally extensive myelitis (LM). Among the cases with anti-AQP4 antibody detected by FCMA, IgG1, 2, 3, and 4 anti-AQP4 antibodies were found in 97.8%, 37.0%, 6.5% and 6.5% respectively. There was no association of either antibody positivity or level of anti-AQP4 antibody IgG subclasses with clinical parameters after adjustment of p values for multiple comparisons. CONCLUSIONS FCMA and bridging ELISA are useful for detecting and quantifying anti-AQP4 antibodies.
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- Noriko Isobe
- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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Role of NMO-IgG in Distinguishing the Type of Optic Neuritis. Optom Vis Sci 2012; 89:234-37. [DOI: 10.1097/opx.0b013e31823ac6a8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Jarius S, Ruprecht K, Wildemann B, Kuempfel T, Ringelstein M, Geis C, Kleiter I, Kleinschnitz C, Berthele A, Brettschneider J, Hellwig K, Hemmer B, Linker RA, Lauda F, Mayer CA, Tumani H, Melms A, Trebst C, Stangel M, Marziniak M, Hoffmann F, Schippling S, Faiss JH, Neuhaus O, Ettrich B, Zentner C, Guthke K, Hofstadt-van Oy U, Reuss R, Pellkofer H, Ziemann U, Kern P, Wandinger KP, Bergh FT, Boettcher T, Langel S, Liebetrau M, Rommer PS, Niehaus S, Münch C, Winkelmann A, Zettl U UK, Metz I, Veauthier C, Sieb JP, Wilke C, Hartung HP, Aktas O, Paul F. Contrasting disease patterns in seropositive and seronegative neuromyelitis optica: A multicentre study of 175 patients. J Neuroinflammation 2012; 9:14. [PMID: 22260418 PMCID: PMC3283476 DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-9-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 524] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2011] [Accepted: 01/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Background The diagnostic and pathophysiological relevance of antibodies to aquaporin-4 (AQP4-Ab) in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) has been intensively studied. However, little is known so far about the clinical impact of AQP4-Ab seropositivity. Objective To analyse systematically the clinical and paraclinical features associated with NMO spectrum disorders in Caucasians in a stratified fashion according to the patients' AQP4-Ab serostatus. Methods Retrospective study of 175 Caucasian patients (AQP4-Ab positive in 78.3%). Results Seropositive patients were found to be predominantly female (p < 0.0003), to more often have signs of co-existing autoimmunity (p < 0.00001), and to experience more severe clinical attacks. A visual acuity of ≤ 0.1 during acute optic neuritis (ON) attacks was more frequent among seropositives (p < 0.002). Similarly, motor symptoms were more common in seropositive patients, the median Medical Research Council scale (MRC) grade worse, and MRC grades ≤ 2 more frequent, in particular if patients met the 2006 revised criteria (p < 0.005, p < 0.006 and p < 0.01, respectively), the total spinal cord lesion load was higher (p < 0.006), and lesions ≥ 6 vertebral segments as well as entire spinal cord involvement more frequent (p < 0.003 and p < 0.043). By contrast, bilateral ON at onset was more common in seronegatives (p < 0.007), as was simultaneous ON and myelitis (p < 0.001); accordingly, the time to diagnosis of NMO was shorter in the seronegative group (p < 0.029). The course of disease was more often monophasic in seronegatives (p < 0.008). Seropositives and seronegatives did not differ significantly with regard to age at onset, time to relapse, annualized relapse rates, outcome from relapse (complete, partial, no recovery), annualized EDSS increase, mortality rate, supratentorial brain lesions, brainstem lesions, history of carcinoma, frequency of preceding infections, oligoclonal bands, or CSF pleocytosis. Both the time to relapse and the time to diagnosis was longer if the disease started with ON (p < 0.002 and p < 0.013). Motor symptoms or tetraparesis at first myelitis and > 1 myelitis attacks in the first year were identified as possible predictors of a worse outcome. Conclusion This study provides an overview of the clinical and paraclinical features of NMOSD in Caucasians and demonstrates a number of distinct disease characteristics in seropositive and seronegative patients.
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- Sven Jarius
- Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Bergamaschi R, Jarius S, Robotti M, Pichiecchio A, Wildemann B, Meola G. Two cases of benign neuromyelitis optica in patients with celiac disease. J Neurol 2012; 256:2097-9. [PMID: 21473007 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5288-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an autoimmune inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system, which predominately affects optic nerves and spinal cord. Celiac disease (CD) or gluten sensitivity is an autoimmune enteropathy triggered by ingestion of wheat gliadin and related proteins in genetically susceptible individuals. Although NMO is associated with other autoimmune disorders in around 30% of cases, an association of NMO with CD has rarely been reported. We describe two Caucasian women who, nineteen and two years after diagnosis of CD, respectively, had recurrent episodes of myelitis and optic neuritis consistent with the diagnosis of NMO. Despite numerous relapses, NMO followed an unusually mild course with no persistent neurological deficit, indicating that recurrent NMO can follow a benign course with complete remission. We discuss in detail a possible link between NMO and pre-existing CD.
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Kira JI. Autoimmunity in neuromyelitis optica and opticospinal multiple sclerosis: Astrocytopathy as a common denominator in demyelinating disorders. J Neurol Sci 2011; 311:69-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.08.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2011] [Accepted: 08/29/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Matà S, Lolli F. Neuromyelitis optica: An update. J Neurol Sci 2011; 303:13-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2010] [Revised: 12/01/2010] [Accepted: 01/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Marignier R, Confavreux C. Neuro-optico-myélite aiguë de Devic et les syndromes neurologiques apparentés. Presse Med 2010; 39:371-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2009.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2009] [Revised: 06/16/2009] [Accepted: 06/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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